RE: mysql setup compared to oracle

2003-07-17 Thread Rudy Metzger
nberg'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: mysql setup compared to oracle > 1. No, especially not MyISAM. In MyISAM, a database (you can compare > that to instance) is just a directory on disk. Every table in this DB > (instance) again is file (well actually 3 files, one for data, one

RE: mysql setup compared to oracle

2003-07-17 Thread Jim Smith
> 1. No, especially not MyISAM. In MyISAM, a database (you can compare > that to instance) is just a directory on disk. Every table in this DB > (instance) again is file (well actually 3 files, one for data, one for > metadata, one for index information). Actually the server is equivalent to an

RE: mysql setup compared to oracle

2003-07-17 Thread Jim Smith
I'm fairly new to mysql myself, but I'll have a go. The mysql manual is at http://www.mysql.com/doc/. I've only dipped into it, but it seems to be pretty good. > Questions: > > 1. is mysql simular organized as oracle: instance/users/tables, > so that I have to connect to chossen instance a

RE: mysql setup compared to oracle

2003-07-17 Thread Rudy Metzger
g 16 juli 2003 22:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: mysql setup compared to oracle Hi, I'm new to mysql. Coming from the oracle database a couple of questions came up. Perhaps somebody, who has also experience in oracle, can set me on the tracks. Questions: 1. is mysql simular organized

mysql setup compared to oracle

2003-07-16 Thread Harald Falkenberg
Hi, I'm new to mysql. Coming from the oracle database a couple of questions came up. Perhaps somebody, who has also experience in oracle, can set me on the tracks. Questions: 1. is mysql simular organized as oracle: instance/users/tables, so that I have to connect to chossen instance and